The Last Exorcism (2010)

[NicoleMayCanaday]

Spoiler

Rev. Cotton never believed Nell was possessed by demons. Right up to his fire-y end.
He was the only one. His crew was trying to convince him, to run and to get away. But he was determined to help this "dysfunctional family". When Nell showed up at his hotel, which she had no way of knowing where he was, he still believed it was a case of sexual or physical trauma, and wanted her psychologically evaluated. The demon in Nell called him out on his lack of faith in the barn. How would Nell know this? But he still believed she was not possessed.
I felt his atheist views and determination to show that exorcisms were fake, mirrors how some people's beliefs can be so strong that they are not willing to open up to other possibilities, and can be stuck in denial even when they are proven wrong. This goes for any faith, religion, atheist, and agnostic.
Rev. Cotton had sought out to debunk exorcisms, and in the end he was *dead* wrong.